 |
Mariblanca
De Pujadas, began her music career as a child
prodigy at the age of two. In her native Barcelona,
Spain her exceptional gifts brought her to the
attention of Frank Marshall, the eminent piano
pedagogue and successor of the Granados Piano
Academy. At a very early age she performed as
soloist with symphony orchestras and later she
toured several countries in South America. At the
age of five moved to the United States and continued
her studies with the legendary Russian master
teacher Sergei Tarnowsky (Vladimir Horowitz teacher
at the Kiev Conservatory 1914-1919). Later continued
her studies with Jakob Gimpel, Aube Tzerko and
Lillian Steuber at the University of Southern
California and at UCLA. In her late teens Mariblanca
returned to Spain to concertize and further her
studies at the Gran Conservatori Superior de Musica
del Liceu in Barcelona where she graduated with high
honors receiving the Diploma in Piano Performance.
Returning to the U.S., did post-graduate work in New
York at the Juilliard School of Music under the
eminent Adele Marcus. Mariblanca has over 35 years of teaching
experience. She was in the music faculty, at the Los
Angeles Conservatory of Music and at the Music
Center School for the Performing Arts. She has
performed as soloist with major symphony orchestras
in the U.S. and abroad receiving high acclaim from
audiences and music critics. Many of her students
have been winners in many competitions and have also
performed as soloists with symphony orchestras.
Mariblanca has been an adjudicator since the early
1980's for the annual piano auditions of the
National Guild of Piano Teachers of the American
College of Musicians and is a member of the Texas
Music Teachers Association and the Music Teachers'
National Association.
Mariblanca is fully dedicated to her teaching and
in developing the best musical abilities in every
student to the highest standards. Mariblanca accepts
beginners, intermediate and advanced students of all
ages as long as the student is willing to devote the
necessary time and effort to make adequate progress.
|
